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The Integration of the F-35B into USMC Operations

As Rear Admiral Manazir puts the transition:

“With the fifth generation aircraft and their sensors and fused data you can cover a much greater swath of
combat space than with legacy aircraft.

And as we sort through how to integrate unmanned systems with F-35s we will be able in a single operational
unit cover significant combat space.

You are looking at exponential growth in coverage capabilities to inform the process of generating the
combat effects, which you want in that extended battlespace.

And the growth in the ability to generate better target information will allow us to execute strikes within our
rules of engagement.

The coming of the F-35 will help in this process.

We train our aviators in the Navy and the Marine Corps to be decision-makers, given the constraints.

A lot of times, we can’t apply the rules of engagement we’ve been given because we can’t identify that’s a
bad guy, whether he’s on the ground or in the air.

With better fidelity of information at the forward edge of the battle, I can execute more rapidly as well.”

It is about building capabilities at the high end, which have the flexibility to operate through the range of
military operations or ROMO.

It is about powerful and flexible force packages which can operate and dominate in specific military
situations but be linked to other capabilities to provide the kind of reachback and dominance which effective
deterrence requires.”

This future is now, the technology, training and tactics is a never-ending work in progress but within reach with
sufficient resources.
It is up to the Congress to continue to fund this next chapter in the American way of war.

NEW BRITISH CARRIERS: WORKING WITH THE USN-USMC TEAM TO
REDEFINE THE AIR-ENABLED INSERTION FORCE

By Robbin Laird

Front Line Defence
Vol. 12, No. 4, 2015

The British invented carrier warfare – and now, with their new Queen Elizabeth Class of carriers, they are
working their own version of the 21st century strike carrier.

Using global lessons learned, they are reinventing the large deck carrier based on the confluence of a number
of technologies (some similar to the USS Gerald Ford – CVN-78) and the impact of the F-35B (similar in some
ways to the USS America).

Construction of the most complex warship ever built in the UK has reportedly sustained more than 7,000 jobs
at more than 100 companies across the country.
Second Line of Defense

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